# Accident 20071209829479A: Beech H35, Warrenton, VA, December 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2007, 20:54 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6247° N, 77.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6247&lon=-77.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5481D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5481D-2010-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 383 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071209829479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 2050 EST, A SINGLE ENGINE BEECH BONANZA, MODEL H-35, N5481D, SERIAL NUMBER D-4988, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED WHILE ON THE RNAV/GPS RUNWAY 15 APPROACH TO THE WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT, 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, DURING A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON FLORIDA AIRPORT (SRQ) VIA THE ALLENDALE COUNTY AIRPORT (88J). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT'S LOG BOOK INDICATED THAT HIS LAST CHECK RIDE ON JULY 23, 2007 WAS AN INSTRUMENT COMPETENCY CHECK. HIS LAST BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON JUNE 28, 2007. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S LOG BOOK, IT WAS CALCULATED THAT HE HAD A TOTAL ACTUAL INSTRUMENT TIME OF APPROXIMATELY 68 HOURS AND 36 HOURS OF SIMULATED INSTRUMENT TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA056), Dec 10, 2007: Beech H35 (N5481D), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude which resulted in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing to…

## Other reports on N5481D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951022047529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022047529I), Oct 22, 1995: Beech H35 (N5481D), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: during approach to land on runway 19L at Richard l. Jones, jr., airport (rvs), Tulsa, Oklahoma, the pilot lowered the landing gear and verified…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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